Focusing a household on God

  • Matt Schneider
  • 17 December 2018

How to organize your family or housemates to meet together to read the Bible, pray and sing.

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Under the Sun (Ecclesiastes)

  • Des Smith
  • 7 June 2018

Seven Bible studies from the book of Ecclesiastes.

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Songs of God's King (Psalms 1–41)

  • Matt Olliffe
  • 4 February 2025

Studies the psalms that reflect on God’s king, David, but that also look forward to the promised King. (9 studies)

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The art of biblical interpretation: A book written for us

  • John McClean
  • 23 October 2015

In the last post I argued that the best overall description of the Bible is the covenant book. The primary emphasis of the image is that the Bible is God’s word for us, his people. When we read it we are not eavesdropping on a message meant for someone else. We aren’t overreaching ourselves to know a God who is beyond us. It is meant for us, to sustain our relationship with God.

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Making hard calls

  • Matthias Media
  • 4 September 2014

I love turning up to church and seeing every seat full. Nothing fills me with greater joy than seeing my fellow brothers and sisters gathered and ready, eager to learn from God’s word. I love it when every member of our home group shows up, Bible in hand, and fills

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The Great (11 month) Commission

  • Ian Carmichael
  • 2 December 2013

Don't get me wrong, I believe in rest. I know the ministry staff and leaders in our churches work very hard during the year, and need a good break over summer. Which necessarily means that many of our church ministry programs close down for 6-8 weeks. But that doesn't

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Why “speaking the truth in love” is more than simply saying true things nicely

  • Timothy Raymond
  • 19 December 2013

In the circles in which I run, the command from Ephesians 4:15, to speak the truth in love, is almost universally understood as a call to say true things nicely. If, for example, a friend asks me if his wild faux-hawk hairstyle is appropriate for a serious job interview, speaking

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Is the Pope Catholic?

  • Mark Gilbert
  • 17 August 2016

Mark Gilbert explains why unity is such a big deal for Roman Catholics and why that helps us evangelize them.

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Why vines and fig trees are still relevant

  • Ruth Baker
  • 8 March 2021

Implicit is a sense of stability; a properly cultivated vine and fig tree meant life in one place.

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A Ministry Manifesto

  • Tony Payne
  • 1 October 2013

When the idea of launching this platform first began to germinate, it was in response to two important needs. The first was to find a new, simple, efficient way to distribute high quality ministry resources to churches and small groups all over the world. That’s what the ‘Resources’ area

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